Habibullah Kalakani

Habibullah Kalakani (19 January 1891-1 November 1929) was King of Afghanistan from 17 January to 16 October 1929, succeeding Inayatullah Khan and preceding Mohammed Nadir Shah.

Biography
Habibullah was born in the village of Kalakani, Afghanistan in 1891 to a Tajik family. After an old Sufi in Kabul told Habibullah that he would become king one day, he decided to join the Afghan National Army, and he rebelled against Inayatullah Khan as he battled rebellious Pashtun tribes in 1929. The country was thrown into civil war, and Inayatullah fled to Kandahar, from where he announced his abdication to Kalakani, saying that he had never even wished to become King. Habibullah held power for nine months, but Mohammed Nadir Shah seized power in October 1929 and had Kalakani hanged in November.